Job Title/Req Number: Pension Risk Transfer Specialist

Base Location: London, Manchester or Birmingham plus network of 20 offices nationally: www.kpmg88careers.co.uk/experienced-professional/#LeBlender.OfficeLocations

KPMG’s Pensions Advisory continues to build out its new pensions team, and requires individuals that can bring different skill-sets to the team. We are looking for a talented and experienced Senior Manager to join our team, who will be responsible for working closely colleagues in the area of pension risk transfer.

As a Senior Manager, you will be responsible for effective collaboration within teams, supervising the work of junior staff, providing coaching and development to assist them in the effective delivery of engagements.

We are looking for passionate individuals to join our Asset Management Advisory (AMA) team, part of the KPMG Infrastructure Advisory Group (IAG). Our group supports government, infrastructure and asset-intensive clients with their most complex challenges. IAG is widely recognised as one of the world’s leading independent financial and business advisers in infrastructure consisting of over 300 professionals.

Our AMA team gets involved with exciting projects across both private and public sector entities but principally those with major capital and infrastructure portfolios in Transport, Power & Utilities, Defence, Oil and Gas. 

Financial Transformation Manager - Insurance (Finance, Data & Systems) (107902)

Base Location: London, Bristol or Edinburgh plus network of 20 offices nationally: www.kpmg88careers.co.uk/experienced-professional/#LeBlender.OfficeLocations

The KPMG Financial Services Advisory practice function is a cornerstone of our business.  Operating from London we do work that matters, serving the country with diligence and expertise.

KPMG is one of the world's largest and most respected consultancies.  We've supported the UK through times of war and peace, prosperity and recession, political and regulatory upheaval. We've proudly stood beside the institutions and businesses which make the UK what it is.

By encompassing a wide range of disciplines across a breadth of areas such as Financial Transformation, we become immersed in our clients' organisations, applying sector knowledge and technology solutions to deliver the best possible outcomes and get it right first time.

Join KPMG's Financial Services Advisory practice and drive impactful change for our clients. As an insurance-focused Solution Architect, you'll lead and deliver complex Finance transformation projects, leveraging your deep understanding of data and systems to design and implement innovative solutions that optimise financial operations. You will be a key player in translating technical vision into business value, fostering strong client relationships, and developing our team's capabilities.

At KPMG, our values define who we are and the way we do business. As a leading professional services firm, we know that our strength and capability come from our people – their different perspectives, experiences and backgrounds. From our inclusive leadership strategy to our diversity and inclusion targets – we’re making bold changes to who we are and what we do. Be part of it.

The Company Secretarial and Global Entity Management Team sits within KPMG Law. Its establishment flows naturally from KPMG’s long history of successfully delivering multidisciplinary services to clients. Its vision is to be the corporate secretarial adviser of choice for KPMG’s clients in relation to compliance and governance matters.

Over the next few years, this team will grow, and KPMG Law as a whole will expand into other areas of law that fit within its vision and the needs of KPMG’s clients.

The Role

We are seeking a Manager to support the delivery of our risk and regulatory services to investment managers active in the private markets space, including private equity, real estate, infrastructure and private credit. Responsibilities include:

• Advising private markets clients on their regulatory obligations, the impact of regulatory change and current industry practice.
• Managing and delivering client projects related to risk and regulation for our private markets clients
• Supporting the development of new risk and regulatory services for our private markets clients
• Supporting business development activities in connection with our private markets clients
• Developing thought leadership in connection with private markets, including publications, blog posts and client roundtables and other events
• Keeping abreast of all latest market trends and new regulations that will impact our private markets clients and supporting the development of repeatable consulting propositions connected to these market developments

The Person

The required skills, knowledge and experience include: 

• Knowledge and awareness of private asset classes and alternative investment managers
• Knowledge and awareness of the key regulatory regimes applicable to alternative investment managers, including AIFMD
• An awareness of the different types of investment products and services offered by private markets participants
• Understanding of the UK/EU regulatory environment
• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• The ability to evaluate technical issues, analyse facts, consult and deliver solutions to clients
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including an ability to communicate well with clients (internal and external) in writing and verbally and an ability to influence and communicate with senior individuals
• Understanding of regulatory developments and key current issues facing clients
• Experience in working with teams and the ability to work independently
• Understanding and awareness of broader wealth and asset management sector is an advantage, including business structures, governance frameworks, and process and control infrastructure